Reading a Stock Quote

Activity Sheet 1: Reading a Stock Quote

Field Name Last Price Trade Time Trade Date Net Change

% Change

Volume Bid Bid Size Ask

Value The name of the company.

Field Daily Low

The price of the stock when it was last traded. The time the stock was last traded.

Previous Close Hist Close Date

The date the stock was last traded. Currency

The increase or decrease in the stock's price between today's last price and the closing price of the previous trading day. The percentage of increase or decrease in the stock's price between today's last price and the closing price of the previous trading day

The total number of shares traded so far today.

Exchange Yield Earnings

The highest price a buyer is willing Dividend to pay for the stock.

The number of shares offered for sale. The price the seller is willing to accept.

Dividend Date Ex Div Date

Ask Size

The number of shares available to buy.

Opening Price Daily High

The price of the stock when it first traded today. The highest price the stock has traded at so far today.

P.E

Year's High Year's Low

Value The lowest price the stock has traded at so far today The stock's price at the end of the previous trading day The date of the stock's previous trading day. In the US the currency is US Dollars. The exchange the stock trades on.

Yield is calculated as Annual Dividend (iad) / Previous Day Close Price) * 100.

A company's profit or earnings divided equally among all the shares investors own. Payments to shareholders that some stocks provide. Not all stocks offer dividends. The payment date of the dividend. The date on which the shareholder must own the stock in order to receive a dividend payment. A company's closing price divided by its latest annual earnings per share. This is the highest price of the stock within 52 weeks. This is the lowest price of the stock within 52 weeks.

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Is Revlon performing better or worse than it was the previous day? How do you know? Is CVS nearer to its yearly high or low? Would this be a good time to purchase the stock? Explain. What are the stock ticker symbols for Revlon and CVS Caremark? Are you surprised? Explain. Did either Revlon or CVS Caremark pay a dividend? What does that suggest about the company? What is P.E.? Which two pieces of information shown on this stock chart would you consider most important for people to find out before purchasing the stock of a company? Explain. Would the same information be the most important information for people who already own stock in these companies? Explain. Based on the numbers in the charts and what you know about the companies, in which company would you invest? Revlon? Or CVS Caremark? Explain what information led you to this conclusion.

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